[NTLUG:Discuss] info to man

[Greg Edwards]

Chris Cox wrote:
> Tim Riker wrote:
> 
>> apt-get install pinfo   ??
>>
>> http://freshmeat.net/projects/pinfo/
> 
> 
> I like pinfo.  I think RMS and gang made a big mistake
> by introducing another "man".  Pinfo, doesn't get you there
> either, but it does allow you to view your info files using
> familiar (perhaps) lynx-like (the first character based
> WWW browser) navigation strokes.
> 
> If your running KDE/Konqueror, it likewise web-izes
> the info pages... and since it handles man pages as well,
> it could be the unifier under a GUI I/F.
> 
> In Konqueror you use (for example):
> 
> info:find
> man:find
> 
> (in this case there are both info and man pages)


I've tried pinfo as well as the KDE help tool.  The KDE (Konqueror) tool 
is nice but not very fast.  You still have man and info as 2 lookups. 
When I've got 7 or 8 edit windows up and I need to check the header 
needs for say access() I can do a man access() and get the answer in a 
couple seconds.  Having another GUI window open gets in the way and 
having to switch to another virtual window is too much work.  Every time 
I run info and have to search several pages just to remind me that 
realloc() takes the element count as the 1st parameter is not my idea of 
helpful!!

I think maybe I've got an idea for a great OSS tool.  Convert info files 
to man files.  I guess this would count as reinventing the wheel again.

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